Exactly. We don't need 4 years of "Jack Smith is gonna get him" 😃.
the best collection of links is milley's wikipedia page (scroll down to the relevant section, click on footnotes and then the links)
Sure but the fact there are others historically, does not make it ok. Having backdoor conversations outside the chain of command isnt acceptable.
Then hearings need to be held. He should name names. If he was under orders, the one that issued them should be held accountable then.
Just intentionally mislead and misspoke on behalf of the President on an international stage with one of our rivals.
No thank you. Just google my username and snowden. Me and Seminole97 have gone round and round on that one. I'm done discussing him. I'm too hamstrung by what I can say and what I can't.
The thing is, we aren't talking about Milley being told, or taking it upon himself, to cancel orders for some military ordinance that was needed.
He said that?
By all accounts he was acting on instructions from the Sec of Defense.
You are oversimplifying and leaving a lot out of your assertions.
Providing an opinion regarding the CIC, while serving under him, to a foreign adversary like the CCP is insubordination. Period.
I disagree on some points sure but appreciate the reasoned logical response. It is a nice change of pace for around here.
I've made it pretty clear my stance isn't we have to agree, let's just have a reasonable, respectful dialog. I grow tired of presenting a thought-out response then get a deflection, called a name or ignored & then the person just moving on to another flame-throwing spam thread (I'm not accusing you of that, just speaking in a general sense).
What did he say about Trump? What opinion did he express about Trump?
He didn't talk shit though. There was probably an unsaid acknowledgement that these Chinese worries were over what appeared to be an erratically behaving Donald Trump. Miley's focus, from all available text, however, was to decrease the risk of a pre-emptive Chinese attack that might lead to some broader conflict.
You're assuming Miley doesn't have that level of autonomy. Does he have to schedule every talk with a Chinese general with the president or some other political body? How much leeway are top level military officials traditionally given over stuff like this?
Given Trump's level of free wheeling and disregard for norms I highly doubt that Miley breaking some sort of protocol was his big worry.
Right, you'd have to understand the strict limits of Miley's autonomy in that role. And then you'd have to understand the effective norms surrounding the actions taken by someone in that role.
Kinda like Jameis and the crab legs. Everyone knows about the Publix hook-ups, but they used a common transgression against him.
You are making excuses here. This was unacceptable.
If you put your head far enough up your blue or red ass, and lose all sense of objectivity, then only one side is capable of engaging in this, and it's the other side.
Why? Because it is Republican?
Exactly what from their bungled impeachment hearings gives you any confidence that any congressional investigation led by republicans would be 1) objective or 2) competent?
